Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1941 — Page 7

“At the State House—

CITES VALUE OF ~ MERIT SYSTEM

Personnel Director Claims State Will Reward Able Workers.

- By EARL RICHERT To bolster the drooping spirits of those state institution employees who see bigger paychecks on the other side of the fence, the State Personnel Division today sent a letter to each employee pointing out the advantage of working for the

State under a merit system. You are to be employed under the merit system on a basis of proven ability, the letter signed by W. Leonard Johnson, State Personnel Director, said. ha You will receive equal pay for equal work. (A filing clerk at the * tuberculosis hospital at New Albany - will receive the same pay as a filing clerk at the State Prison at Michigan City.)

Right of Appeal

You will have the right to appeal to the State Personnel Board if you are dismissed by the institution superintendent for a reason which you consider unjust. You will be rewarded for efficient service by salary increases and promotions. You will get paid vacations and sick leave with pay. And you will have steady employmént, Mr. Johnson declared. The Personnel Division plans to have the merit system in effect for ‘all institutions by early next spring. The establishment of a merit system in the 20 state institutions was ordered by a law passed by the 1941 legislature.

Record Good Elsewhere

In the letter to employees, Mr. Johnson pointed out that in 19 other states and 869 cities where the merit system has been in effect for several years that nearly 80 per cent of all vacant positions are filled by promotions and that layoffs and dismissals for any reason other than not doing a good job are rare. The Personnel Director also outlined in his letter the general procedure to be followed in setting up the merit system. After a job analysis is made, determining just who is a file clerk, bookkeeper, auditor, maintenance man, etc., examinations will be conducted.

Experience Helpful

These examinations will be “worded in the language of the job so that experienced people taking them will be better able to demonstrate the knowledge that they possess,” Mr. Johnson said. Examinations will be given first for those positions which exist in only one or several institutions. Examinations will then be given for the various administrative, professional and special positions. Finally the examinations will be given for those classes of positions involving the largest number of employees. The examinations will be of various types and will be prepared and rated in such a manner that it will be impossible for personal likes, dislikes and prejudices to affect a grade, the Personnel Director added. The first examinations are to be given next month.

A.B.C. Asks Bootlegging Aid

The Alcoholic Beverages Coramission has asked brewers and liquor wholesalers to aid in stamping out the sale of alcoholic beverages by unlicensed taverns and individuals. “It is to your own interest to advise the Commission where bootlegging is suspected or known,” the A. B. C. stated in a form letter to the brewers and wholesalers. “Your own organization can be of great help to your business in trying to eliminate this illegal and increasing violation. Do not sell to bootleggers,” the form letter continued. “Salesmen and delivery men should be cautioned, when they see new people among permittees, to discover if there has been a change of ownership and report this to the Slice, which in turn should advise

The Commission pointed out to the wholesalers that the law provides that they may not make delivery to anyone but a permittee in his place of business or to a customer in his residence. It added that co-operation was essential “for an improvement of conditions and the elimination of

everything detrimental to the in-

dustry that causes criticism tending to break down the entire alcoholic beverage structure of the state.”

BAR BEGINS LUNCHEON

Members of the Indianapolis Bar Association will hold their first luncheon of the season tomorrow in the club rooms. David Chambers, Francis Hughes and Thompson Kurrie will review some recent

NESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1941

A Mere 90

| That Isn’t Old, Says Mrs. Larkin; Plans Open House.

TO REACH what some persons might consider old age—90—requires that you work hard all your life. That's the formula of Mrs. Lydia T. Larkin, 2015 Barth Ave., who will reach that age tomorrow but who does not consider that one bit old. To mark her birthday, Mis. Larkin will hold an open house all day at her home to greet friends. A native of Grayson County, Ky., she was orphaned at eight » and saw © we s. Larkin brothers marc Mis. off to the Civil War when she was nine. She and her husband, Thomas W. Larkin, farmed until 1906 when they moved to Louisville, Ky. Thirty years ago they moved to Indianapolis where Mr. Larkin became a carpenter. cL» » » MR. LARKIN died eight years ago, and Mrs. Larkin says, proudly, that there are lots of neat houses in the City that he built. Mrs. Larkin does her own housework and says stoutly that she can do as much as her daughter, Mrs. Jessie Long, 1020 Bradberry St. Mrs. Long says that’s right. She is a little hard of hearing, but has no trouble listening to the radio, a constant companion. Although she cannot see objects at a distance very well, she reads the newspaper and sews without the aid of glasses. She doesn’t even own a pair. She is very interested in church work.

8 2 8 MRS. LARKIN has a keen memory and recalls without hesitation that her son, William, was born Nov. 14, 1875; Frank was born April 10, 1880; her daughter, Mrs. Alice Dickerson, June 9, 1883, and the twins, Mrs. Long and Earnest, on March 27, 1890. “Mother likes to travel,” Mrs. Long said. “If I suggested that we drive to Montana to see Alice, she’d be ready to go right now.” When that statement was repeated to Mrs. Larkin, she smiled. Yes, she said, she'd really like that.

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